International Journal of Nautical Archaeology

How to Cite

Royal, J. G. and Tusa, S. (2012), The Levanzo I Wreck, Sicily: a 4th-century AD merchantman in the service of the annona?. International Journal of Nautical Archaeology, 41: 26–55. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-9270.2011.00334.x

Keywords:

Roman;

shipwreck;

amphora;

annona;

overseas routes

Between 2005 and 2009 a deep-water shipwreck was located, mapped, and partially excavated by a joint team from RPM Nautical Foundation and the office of the Soprintendenza del Mare, Sicily. Located off Levanzo Island, one of the Egadi Islands off north-west Sicily, this wrecked merchantman revealed a mixed cargo of foodstuffs, coarseware, glass, and construction materials. The nature of the wreck-site, its cargo, operational date, and find-location indicate its likely association with the annona service which supplied Rome.